Transfer-pad.



/' No. 776,421. PATENTED NOV. 29, 1904.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 20. 1904'.

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Patented November 29, 1904.

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TRANSFER-PAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. '776,I21, datedNovember 29, 1904.

Application filed April 20, 1904.

To all whmn it may concern.-

paratory to engraving the same, so that the same design may berepeatedly transferred and used as a guide or pattern in subsequentengraving.

The pad is especially designed with reference to the needs of engraversof jewelry, silverware, and the like, adapting an impression to be madefrom either a flat, rounded,

or irregular surface to the pad and transferred to another surface, thepad-case constituting a gage by means of which the letter, monogram, ordesign may be placed upon an article in the same position and relationas in the article from which the impression was made.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in thenovel construction, combination, and arrangement hereinafter fullydescribed, illustrated, and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of atransfer-pad and case therefor embodying the present invention. Fig. 2is a vertical longitudinal section through the same with the lid orcover closed. Fig. 3 is a cross-section through the same.

Like reference-numerals designate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the body of the pad, which ispreferably rectangular in plan. A portion and by preferenceapproximately one-half of the upper surface of the pad is flat, as shownat 2, while the remaining portion is rounded or convex, as shown at 3,the convex portion of the pad rising above the surface of the plane orflat portion of the pad, as clearly shown in the drawings. The pad isconstructed of a soft gelatinous composition identical with or similarto that employed in the manufacture of print- Se1ialNo.ZO4,089. (N0model.)

ing-rollers, hectographs, and the like, so as to adapt the impression ofthe design to adhere hereto.

The pad is removably seated in a case substantially rectangular andembodying a bottom 1, front and back 5 and 6, respectively, ends 7, anda lid or cover 8, provided at its free edge with a flange 9, which whenthe lid is closed covers the space at the front of the case above thefront side 5 thereof, which front is cut low, as shown in Fig. 1, togive better access to the plane and convex portions of the pad, thelatter projecting above the top edge of the front 5, as shown in Fig. 1.Under the arrangement described the ends 7 of the case form gagesagainst which a plate, spoon, fork, knife, or other article may beplaced in contact in the process of producing an impression upon the pador receiving an impression therefrom.

In operation the engraved letter, monogram, or design is filled with apowder, such as whiting, and the article containing such design is thenpressed upon the pad, the end of the box being used as a gage or guide.In this way a design in white powder is transferred to the pad. Intransferring such design to another article of similar shape the saidsecond article is manipulated in the same way as the first one until thedesign is transferred to such second article in the same relativeposition as it appeared on the first. In transferring designs to hollowor concave articlessuch as spoon-bowls, trays, toilet sets, and largepieces--the pad may be removed from the case and held in the hand whilemaking the transfer. The transfer-pad does away with the necessity ofrubbing grease into the engraving in order to get an impression therefrom. Several impressions may be taken quickly, and the transfer may bemade upon ordinary paper, if desired. The article to receive theimpression may be slightly moistened with suitable transfer-wax, or thesurface of the article may be rubbed over by the finger after passingthe finger over the hair and obtaining a small amount of natural oiltherefrom.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. Atransfer-pad for the purpose stated,

form gages, and a pad proper removably seated therein and embodyingworking or impression surfaces, one of which is fiat and another eurved,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALVIN Gr. PORTER.

Witnesses:

J. E. TAPPAN, L. E. MALCHON.

